EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY COMMUNITY FORUM MEETING MAY 22, 2018 EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 1
TONIGHT’S AGENDA • Welcome and Study Overview • What is Climate Change? • DREAM Scholars Presentation • Table Discussions + Report Back • Next Steps EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 2
STUDY OVERVIEW Initial Study Area Natural Drainage Area 154TH STREET 145TH STREET Harlem River Park Community Board 10 Greenway Link 125TH STREET Marcus Garvey Park Community Board 11 116TH STREET Thomas Jefferson Park 110TH STREET The Esplanade LEXINGTON AVE SECOND AVE FIFTH AVE Harlem River 92ND STREET N N Community Board 8 0’ 1,000’ 0’ 1,000’ EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 3
STUDY PROCESS OPEN SPACE PLANNING CLIMATE SOCIAL RESILIENCY RESILIENCY CLIMATE SOCIAL OPEN SPACE VISION PLAN RESILIENCY RESILIENCY PLANNING UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL MITIGATING COASTAL AND IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES COHESION AND COMMUNITY INLAND FLOODING IN PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES FACILITIES EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 4
RESILIENCE The capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, and systems to survive, adapt, and grow no matter what kinds of shocks or stresses they experience. Adapted from Rockefeller Foundation and Arup’s City Resilience Framework EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 5
EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS Tabling at Community Community Vision Plan Community PAC Meeting 1 PAC Meeting 2 Forum 1 Forum 2 Events April 10 TBC Late 2018 May 22 TBC July + August EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 6
WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE?
CLIMATE CHANGE Observed increases in global average temperatures since the latter part of the 20th century. Overwhelming scientifjc consensus points to human activities, primarily from the burning of fossil fuels and subsequent increases in greenhouse gas concentrations, as the cause. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science (March 2009) EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 8
WEATHER VERSUS CLIMATE WEATHER CLIMATE What happens over many What is happening today seasons or decades “Winter used to start in early-November, “It’s snowing in April!” but now it comes in late-December” EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 9
THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORBS HEAT FROM THE SUN, WARMS ATMOSPHERE EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 10
CLIMATE CHANGE STRESSORS SEA LEVEL RISE MORE AND LONGER LARGER LARGER HEAT WAVES RAIN EVENTS STORM SURGE (TIDAL INUNDATION ) EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 11
HOW MIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECT EAST HARLEM?
DEFINING EXTREME HEAT INCREASED SUMMER TEMPERATURES AND MORE HEATWAVES A HEATWAVE IS A PERIOD OF WEATHER OVER 90° FAHRENHEIT FOR 3 OR MORE DAYS HEAT EXHAUSTION • Children, elderly, pets REDUCED AIR QUALITY • Health and respiratory problems STATE OF EMERGENCY • Businesses shut down 2018 2050 EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 13
DEFINING EXTREME HEAT DRAFT WORK IN PROGRESS INCREASED SUMMER TEMPERATURES AND MORE HEATWAVES 5/20/18 EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 14
DEFINING SEA LEVEL RISE BY THE 2050s SEA LEVELS ARE PROJECTED TO RISE BY ABOUT 30 INCHES * * New York Panel on Climate Change (NPCC) , “NPCC 2015 Report Chapter 2: Sea Level Rise and Coastal Storms,” in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1336:1 (January 2015) EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 15
HISTORIC CONTEXT OF EAST HARLEM 1865 VIELÉ WATER MAP AND CURRENT TOPOGRAPHY 1865 VIELÉ WATER MAP ELEVATION 0’ - 2’ 14’ - 16’ 2’ - 4’ 16’ - 18’ 4’ - 6’ 18’ - 20’ 154TH STREET 154TH STREET 6’ - 8’ 20’ - 40’ 8’ - 10’ 40’ - 60’ 10’ - 12’ 60’ - 80’ 12’ - 14’ 80’ - 158’ 145TH STREET 145TH STREET Source: Langan, NYC Open Data Community Board 0 Community Board 10 125TH STREET 125TH STREET Community Board11 116TH STREET 116TH STREET Community Board 11 110TH STREET 110TH STREET LEXINGTON AVE SECOND AVE LEXINGTON AVE FIFTH AVE SECOND AVE FIFTH AVE Harlem River Harlem River 92ND STREET 92ND STREET N N Community Board 8 Community Board 8 0’ 1,000’ 0’ 1,000’ EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 16
DEFINING RAIN EVENTS INCREASED STORM SIZE FLOODING • Parks, basements, streets, subways TRANSIT SHUTDOWNS CLOSED BUSINESSES HEALTH PROBLEMS • Due to mold, bacteria Calling 311 to report observed fmooding or drainage issue is an important way community members can inform the city about how to address this problem. EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 17
DEFINING RAIN EVENTS MARCH 2, 2018 NOR’EASTER EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 18
DEFINING STORM SURGE HURRICANES PUSH WATER FROM THE OCEAN INTO THE CITY EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 19
DEFINING STORM SURGE OCTOBER 2012 HURRICANE SANDY EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 20
CURRENT INITIATIVES
RESILIENCY INITIATIVES PREPARING VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE KEY Completed Tibbetts Brook Daylighting (Design) $2 million Study Funded Hunts Point Peninsula Resiliency & Evaluation Pilot Project (Planning) $45 million Project Funded Starlight P Starlight Park Edge Restoration (Construction) $20 million DCP Resilient Neighborhoods Study Areas Hart Island Shoreline Restoration (Design) East Harlem Resiliency (Planning ) $13 million $1 million 2013 100-year Floodplain Resilient Neighborhood Study Area (Completed) Edgewater Park Resilient Neighborhood Study Area (Completed) Harding Park 2050s 100-year Floodplain Rikers Island Shoreline Restoration (Design) $63 million East Side Coastal Resiliency (Design) $760 million Source: OneNYC 2017 Progress Report Resilient Neighborhood Study Area West Chelsea (Completed) Flushing Meadow Tide Gate (Design) Resilient Neighborhood Study Area $5 million Lower East Side (Completed) Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency: Newtown Creek and Gowanus Canal Two Bridges (Planning) Local Storm Surge Barrier Study (Completed) $203 million $2 million Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency (Planning) Resilient Neighborhood Study Area (Planning) $100+ million Canarsie Battery Park Resiliency (Planning) Upper Spring Creek Wetland Restoration (Planning) $8 million $19 million Southern Manhattan Multipurpose Howard Beach/Lower Spring Creek Flood Protection (Design) Levee Study (Completed) $69 million USACE NY Harbor and Tributaries Resilient Neighborhood Study Area (Completed) Feasibility Study (Planning) Hamilton Beach and Old Howard Beach Red Hook Integrated Flood Protection System (Planning ) $104 million Plumb Beach Nourishment and Breakwater (Completed) Brookville Blvd Resiliency Study (Planning) North Shore of Staten Island $5 million Resiliency (Planning) Rockaway Reformulation ( Jamaica Bay) (Planning) ( Resilient Neighborhood $1 million Homeport Resiliency (Design) Study Area (Planning) Head of Bay Oysters (Planning) Gerritsen Beach $1 million Belt Parkway Resilient Neighborhood Study Area (Completed) Resilient Neighborhood Bulkhead Repair (Completed) Saw Mill Creek Wetlands Broad Channel Study Area (Planning) $10 million Mitigation Bank (Construction) Brant Point Wave Attenuation (Completed) Sheepshead Bay $14 million $1 million East Shore of Coney Isl. Greenstreets Staten Island (Design) Travis Ave Roadway Rockaway Peninsula Beach Nourishment (Construction) $615 million & Dune Installation (Completed) Resiliency Study (Planning) Resilient Neighborhood Study Areas (Completed) Mid Island South Beach Rockaway Reformulation ( Atlantic beaches) (Planning) ( Bluebelt (Construction) (Construction) Midland Beach Sunset Cove Marsh Restoration (Design) New Dorp Beach $8 million Oakwood Beach Resilient Neighborhood Study Area (Planning) Staten Island Dune Rockaway Beach and Rockaway Park Oakwood Beach Restoration (Completed) Tide Gate Repair (Completed) (Completed) Beach Channel Drive Bulkhead Repair (Construction) $9 million $37 million Breezy Point Double Dunes (Design) Great Kills Breakwater (Design) (Design) $58 million $1 million Rockaway Inlet Barrier Study (Planning) Wolfe’s Pond Park Berm Repair (Design) Coney Island Beach Nourishment (Completed) $5 million South Shore Shoreline Elevation (Planning) Brighton Beach/Coney Island Beach Resiliency (Planning) $32 million Coney Island Creek Shoreline Elevation (Planning) T ottenville Living Breakwaters (Design) $32 million $60 million Coney Island Creek Tidal Barrier Study (Completed) T ottenville Dunes and $2 million Coastal Dune Plantings (Planning) Sea Gate T-Groins (Completed) $9 million $28 million Sea Gate Bulkhead (Design) Re $3 million EAST HARLEM RESILIENCY STUDY STARR WHITEHOUSE + ONE 22
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